Improved the "Draw" tool.
Both number and letter stamps can be used on screenshots

Other improvements and bug fixes

Version
8.2(April
27, 2015)

Minor improvements and bug fixes

Version
8.1(March
31, 2015)

Added "Follow mouse pointer"
option to the screen recorder, which enables the recording region to follow the movement of the mouse pointer

You can also move the recording
region by dragging its borders

Added hotkey F5 to zoom in/out
while recording a screen video

Added Quality options to the Audio
tab of the screen recorder

Added "Close tab by
double-clicking on tab name" to the Editor tab of FastStone
Capture's Settings

Now you can put more buttons on
the capture toolbar

Other improvements and bug fixes

Version
8.0(December
19, 2014)

Added "Fixed-Size Region"
to the screen video recorder

Added animated GIF converter to
the screen video editor. This allows you to convert your screen videos
to animated gif files, which are supported by most web browsers

Now you can drag and move the
yellow control bar for screen video recording

Other minor improvements

Version
7.9(July
29, 2014)

Added "Polyline" and
"Insert Mouse Pointer / Icon" to the Draw tool

Added "Remove Strip / Insert
Strip" to the right-click menu on a selected area

Added "Lock Toolbar Position"
option (a pin icon) to the new capture toolbar activated from the editor. This
will lock the toolbar position for next use

Now, you can join images
together into a new tab directly. In previous version, it is required
to save the file first

Other minor improvements

Version
7.8(June
18, 2014)

Added support of tabs to the
editor. This allows you to capture, open and edit multiple screenshots simultaneously

Added New and Save All
commands to the File menu of the editor

Added Tools menu to the editor.
Now you can save multiple screenshots as a PDF file or combine
multiple screenshots into an image within the editor

Added a hotkey option to the
Settings to activate the Capture toolbar if it is hidden

Many small improvements and bug fixes

Version
7.7(February
07, 2014)

Now you can use drag-and-drop to move
(copy when Ctrl key is down) selected area

Added two new selection methods

Added Undo/Redo buttons on the menu bar of the editor

Added Spotlight effect

Many small improvements and bug fixes

Version
7.6(July
26, 2013)

Added "Screen Crosshair".
It displays two full-screen intersecting lines (crosshair) on the
screen with a magnifier showing the details of the area around the
mouse pointer. You may find it helpful to align screen objects,
compare chart or tabular data and underline the text you are reading.

Added "Join Images Side by
Side". You can use it to combine multiple images into a
single image file

Added option "Show resizing
handles on image borders" to the Settings (in Editor tab). By
dragging the resizing handles, you can remove unwanted borders or add
blank space to the image easily and precisely

Added option "Copy captured
image to Clipboard automatically" to the Settings (in Capture
tab). Check this option if you want to send a copy of the captured
image to Windows Clipboard automatically every time you make a screen
capture

Added a "Reset"
button to the Settings window so you can reset your settings to their
default values

Added option "Convert to 256 colors if output is Clipboard, Word or
PPT" to the Settings window

Added "Color" menu to
the internal editor, which can be used to count and reduce the number of colors of the
screenshot

Added "Obscure (Blur)" tool under "Effect" menu, which can be used to obscure sensitive information on the
screenshot

Added option "Frame" to the Edge/Watermark tool

Added "Screen Ruler", which can be used to measure the sizes and distances of objects on the
screen

Fixed some bugs

Version
5.6(June
25, 2007)

Added "Send to Word" and
"Send to PowerPoint". Now it is possible to send
screenshots to Microsoft Word and PowerPoint directly

Added option "Copy to
Clipboard" to "Auto Save" section in the Settings

Improved usability of menus

Fixed some bugs

Version
5.5(May
23, 2007)

Added option "Negative"
to the Screen Magnifier, which allows users with low vision to see a
magnified color-reversed screen

In the Screen Magnifier, now it is
possible to pan around the magnified screen with arrow keys

Added "Reset Capture Panel
Position" to the right-click menu of the system tray icon

Version
5.4(May
14, 2007)

Added Fade Edge effect. Now edge effects can be applied to
4 edges instead of only 2 in previous versions

Supports external editors
("Edit With" list in the FastStone Editor), which allows you to edit the captured screenshot
with specified external editors. This feature enables you to add
virtually unlimited editing capabilities to the program

Added option "Open in External
Program" to "Auto Save" section in the Settings, which allows you to open the captured image in a specified program automatically

Enhanced the Screen Magnifier

Solved some compatibility issues in Windows Vista

Fixed some bugs

Version
5.3(February
12, 2007)

Compatible with Windows Vista

Improved quality of 256 color
PNG/GIF output

Added To Email to the Output
list

Added Reset to Primary Screen (only
available in Multi-monitor
system) to the tray icon's popup menu

Version
5.2(January
16, 2007)

Added Scroll Refresh Time in
the Settings

Added option (in the Settings) to show
Open File in Editor icon on the Capture Panel

Added Download Tutorial link

Version
5.1(January
06, 2007)

Added Make Background Transparent
under Edit menu

Added options in the Settings
to show/hide Screen Magnifier and Screen Color Picker on
Capture Panel

Added Bring to Front/Set to Back to
the right-click menu in Draw tool

Changed hotkey for Draw tool
from T to D

Version
5.0(January
03, 2007)

Enhanced / Simplified the User Interface

New Effects: Drop shadow, torn-edge

Comment Tool

Improved the Draw tool

Fixed some bugs

Version
4.8(November
10, 2006)

Improved the Draw tool

Now it is possible to input double-byte
characters such as Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Russian in the Draw
tool

Added "Send File Dropped on Capture Panel to"option in the Settings. So it
is possible to drag and drop a file from Windows Explorer to the
floating Capture Panel and immediately edit it in the internal editor

Fixed a bug in the Email dialog

Version
4.5(October
2, 2006)

Added "Auto-Divided" option for
long document printing. In the print window, it is possible to divide
a long/wide captured image (long scrolling web page for example) into
multiple pages